The Ticket -- The best things to do in and around Boston this weekend -- On tap this weekend: "The Real Housewives of Rhode Island" are in town, plus Shakespeare on the Common returns.

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THE RUNDOWN -- An early 50th for 'Cape Light,' and more local arts news -- Joel Meyerowitz first published his collection of photos capturing Cape Cod in 1978.

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ART REVIEW -- Looking for a missing parent – and finding him -- Diana Markosian's "Father," at the Armenian Museum of America, makes the personal universal.

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Local bestsellers for the week ended July 19 - The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, July 19, 2026.

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ONE SPECIAL THING - Betty Smith's 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' is a timeless portrait of girlhood - Betty Smith beautifully captures how it feels to be in that in-between age of girlhood and womanhood — a topic iconically mused upon in my coming-of-age era by Britney Spears.

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Late-night is on the decline, but this BU grad thinks he has a YouTube hit with 'Outside Tonight' -- Julian Shapiro-Barnum launched "Outside Tonight" last month on YouTube, which promoted the series as the "the first late-night show tailor-made for the internet age."

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Ava DuVernay's '14th' documentary on Trump-contested birthright amendment -- The Netflix film will mark a return to nonfiction for Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker of "Selma" and "Origin," and a follow-up to DuVernay's 2016 film "13th," her examination of the legacy of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

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Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol talks #MeToo, Trump legal proceedings, and the making of her new documentary, 'Ask E. Jean' -- "Ask E. Jean" by filmmaker Ivy Meeropol dives into the life and career of E. Jean Carroll and her legal battles against President Trump.

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Director Sasha Waters on creating a 'poetic visual experience' for 'Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World' -- The new documentary features a mix of archival footage and interviews, with longtime Provincetown resident John Waters weighing in on his longtime neighbor.

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The Lowell Folk Festival lost its NEA grant last year. Then it hosted one of its most successful editions in a decade.

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The road to hell is paved with great songs in 'Hadestown: The Musical'

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